Bank of England and Others Join Inaugural Bitcoin Forum
Bitcoin and its underlying block chain technology have made a consistent move forward in the world of finance and economics, gaining the respect of some largest players in the game. With Bitcoin continuing its growth, new education and brainstorming sessions are popping up everywhere, with some very interesting participants joining the discussions. Bank of England Joins New Bitcoin Forum. This Thursday, The Social Media Leadership Forum is holding a new panel discussion on Bitcoin, block chain technology, and where the "disruption" of the current economic paradigm goes from here. Major....
Related News
On May 14 the Social Media Leadership Forum will host the inaugural meeting of the Bitcoin and Blockchain Leadership Forum, a new initiative to explore the future of bitcoin and other digital currencies as well as the disruptive impact of the blockchain. The event will take place in London at Allen & Overy, a legal consulting firm. Currently, the Bitcoin and Blockchain Leadership Forum website is scant on details and invites interested readers to subscribe to their mailing list. On Twitter, the Forum invites people to come and explore the next generation Internet and hints at regular....
The inaugural meeting of the Bitcoin and Blockchain Leadership Forum will take place during the Social Media Leadership Forum this May 14. This marks the start of a new initiative geared towards exploring the potential of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Invites to the event have been limited, with the organizers sending details through their mailing list or via social media. The Social Media Leadership Forum is a membership organization that organizes periodic events focused on business-related aspects of emerging digital technologies, hosted in the offices of a variety of....
Over the past few months, it has become clear how a lot of major financial institutions around the world are looking at how they can implement blockchain technology. Bank of England, United Kingdom’s central bank, has launched a dedicated blockchain career page. But there is a twist, as the BoE is looking for bright ideas, which can eventually lead to a....
The Bank of England has decided to collaborate with MIT regarding the development of a CBDC. The Bank of England is the latest bank that has expressed interest in exploring the scope of a CBDC. This latest partnership is with MIT’s Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative, through which BoE seeks to inspect and understand potential […]
Over the past few months, the central bank of England has discussed the significance of a blockchain-based cryptocurrency, and the possibility of issuing its own digital currency as part of an initiative to discourage the use of fiat money in the country. In a "Livery Room" session from the Open Forum 2015 hosted by the Bank of England on Wednesday, former JPMorgan executive Blythe Masters outlined the advantages of a "newly invented currency system" such as bitcoin, and the efficiency of the blockchain technology in the settlement of assets and transfer of value. "The role of central....